This book examines the performance of 'Britishness' on the musical
stage. Covering a tumultuous period in British history, it offers a
fresh look at the vitality and centrality of the musical stage, as
a global phenomenon in late-Victorian popular culture and beyond.
Through a re-examination of over fifty archival play-scripts, the
book comprises seven interconnected stories told in two parts. Part
One focuses on domestic and personal identities of 'Britishness',
and how implicit anxieties and contradictions of nationhood, class
and gender were staged as part of the popular cultural condition.
Broadening in scope, Part Two offers a revisionary reading of
Empire and Otherness on the musical stage, and concludes with a
consideration of the Great War and the interwar period, as musical
theatre performed a nostalgia for a particular kind of
'Britishness', reflecting the anxieties of a nation in decline.
General
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Palgrave Studies in British Musical Theatre |
Release date: |
July 2019 |
First published: |
2018 |
Authors: |
Ben Macpherson
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
245 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-349-95919-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
General
|
LSN: |
1-349-95919-7 |
Barcode: |
9781349959198 |
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